In this hectic world we all have busy lives.   It's easy to forget what a difference a sense of spirituality can make to our existence on Planet Earth and what a power for good it can be.

We ask you to spare a moment to focus your thoughts on the safety of all the treasured horses and ponies in our sanctuary.   Horses cannot be kept indoors -they desire freedom and to be able to roam and graze above all else.  Please send prayers or focused thoughts each day or as often as you can, that the horses stay safe from harm and danger.

Please think for a while about animals everywhere, that humans treat them kindly and that there is an end to their exploitation and to cruelty towards them.

One of the many emaciated dogs brought in over the past few weeks

This poor chap was picked up as a stray.  He's well behaved, loving and gentle - so why hasn't he been fed?  Every bone in his body sticks out, his skin is dry and tight and he has lots of little knocks and cuts.  Just show him food and he'd eat the dish as well if we let him.   And this poor dog isn't the worst we've had in recently.   A black labrador that's all head and a bag of bones for a body - a tan and white staffi x, an old alsation, another lab in shocking condition, a couple of collie x's - all excruciatingly thin and starving hungry.

We need lots of good easily digested food for these rescued strays.  It's little and often until their stomach gets back to size.  Chappie Original is our can of choice, it's fish and cereal and doesn't upset a delicate digestion.  But anything at all would be a help.  We have quite a few young dogs in as well who need puppy and junior food and as many old stagers with arthiritis and health problems.

If anyone can help with donations of food, vitamin tablets, cod liver oil and dog coats (all sizes) we'll be very grateful. 

All curled up in a ball - the kits that were born all in a rush last week are doing fine.

Help! My 5 month old Jack Russell puppy still isn't housetrained.She's making messes everwhere and when I put her out she just stands and looks at me and then uses the kitchen as a toilet when she comes back in. I'm at my wits end, what can I do?

The first thing is - stop worrying. This is a common problem and quite easily solved. Your little J.R. is still a baby and has baby ways. She has to learn to understand you - very difficult when you're only a few months old, you've left your brothers and sistersand gone to a strange home (no matterhow nice it is)and you new momma is a different species.'Whatare theytalking about?What's wrong with going to the toilet when I want to?' She's doing something completely natural for a dog to do and what's all the fuss about.